PlacentaPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2024.12.024
Ana Rita Pinheiro , Adriana Raquel Rodrigues , Liliana Matos , José Júlio Costa , Sara Ricardo , Luís Guedes-Martins , Henrique Almeida , Elisabete Silva
{"title":"Antioxidant treatment attenuates age-related placenta GLUT-1 and PLIN-2 downregulation","authors":"Ana Rita Pinheiro , Adriana Raquel Rodrigues , Liliana Matos , José Júlio Costa , Sara Ricardo , Luís Guedes-Martins , Henrique Almeida , Elisabete Silva","doi":"10.1016/j.placenta.2024.12.024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.placenta.2024.12.024","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and aim</h3><div>Pregnancy after the age of 35 is correlated with an increased risk of impaired placentation and the development of pregnancy-associated complications. Changes in uterine redox balance seem to play a role in these settings. In this work, we hypothesized that local redox dysregulation impacts the placenta metabolic profile. Thus, we aimed to study the expression of enzymes/transporters related to nutrient uptake during reproductive aging and the effect of antioxidant supplementation.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Placenta samples were collected from pregnant women aged between 22 and 41 years, and from mice of different reproductive ages (8–12 and 38–42 weeks). A subgroup of 38–42 weeks-old mice was treated with apocynin (5 mM) in the drinking water. Real-time PCR was carried out to assess gene expression, and immunohistochemistry or western blotting to assess protein expression.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A significant age-related decrease in the expression of glucose transporter type 1 (GLUT-1) was observed in both species. Regarding lipid metabolism, there was a strong negative and significant correlation between the gene expression of fatty-acid transporter type 4 and maternal age, in the human placenta. Perilipin isoform 2 (PLIN-2) decreased significantly with maternal age, in both models. Additionally, a significant age-related decrease in the gene expression of large neutral amino acid transporter type 4 with reproductive age was observed in the mice placenta. Supplementation with apocynin attenuated the observed alterations in GLUT-1 and PLIN-2. The observed changes suggest an age-related placenta metabolic dysfunction, likely associated with oxidative stress, that may negatively impact fetal and placental development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20203,"journal":{"name":"Placenta","volume":"160 ","pages":"Pages 60-66"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143158693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PlacentaPub Date : 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2024.10.055
Pilar Van Mechelen , Amitesh Panda , Joris Vriens , Katrien De Clercq
{"title":"The role of calcium signals in trophoblast fusion","authors":"Pilar Van Mechelen , Amitesh Panda , Joris Vriens , Katrien De Clercq","doi":"10.1016/j.placenta.2024.10.055","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.placenta.2024.10.055","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20203,"journal":{"name":"Placenta","volume":"160 ","pages":"Page 153"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143376748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decidual macrophage efferocytosis of trophoblasts in full term human placenta","authors":"Kylie Belchamber , Katie Morris , Shakila Thangaratinum , Jennifer Tamblyn","doi":"10.1016/j.placenta.2024.10.051","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.placenta.2024.10.051","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20203,"journal":{"name":"Placenta","volume":"160 ","pages":"Page 152"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143377623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of air pollutant sulfur dioxide exposure syncytialization and invasion processes in trophoblast cells: role of er stress","authors":"Sunil Singh , Swati Ajmeriya , Ruby Dhar , Subhradip Karmakar","doi":"10.1016/j.placenta.2024.10.039","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.placenta.2024.10.039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20203,"journal":{"name":"Placenta","volume":"160 ","pages":"Page 148"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143377682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}